I can't remember why I took this picture. 

I tried to get the car started, considering that no one's used it for two weeks and it's been dipping below freezing point. Lo and behold, it had problems. Fortunately, I used my very limited knowledge of cars (actually, I looked in the manual) and managed to get it to start. There's about 4 cm of snow on the car here. 

On Saturday, it snowed in the morning. This is a view of the backyard. (The neighbour cut down the huge tree in his yard during the summer, and this is all that remains of it. Then our landlord decided to do the same thing and cut down another huge tree in the backyard. Now there's way too much sun coming in the building. I can't wait until the winter really comes and blows at us like a hurricane.) 

Other Blogs

You may have noticed at the top of many Blogspot pages that there is a bar with a button to the far right, labelled "Next Blog"... But what it really is is a randomizer. I was using this to browse other blogs that choose to be viewed publically within the Blogger sphere.

What I see isn't very pretty.

There are certain categories of blogs that exist; the political blog (usually consisting of American politics), the angsty teen blog, the cutesy incomprehensible teen blog, the one entry blog saying "I'm going to write something soon" dated last year, and the ever disgusting and polluting Google-Spamming Blog. (If you don't know what it is, just try looking up anything on Google. Like maybe "travel", "bargain" and a random country name.)

But not all the blogs are terrible representations of the human psyche. I occasionally stumble upon some interesting (English) blogs whose authors are fascinating, humourous, shocking, heart-wretching, and sometimes intelligent. I won't put any links to these blogs because I tend to just browse, read, and forget where they are later on. (You know me.)

Davy says that reading blogs can be addictive (or I think that's what he said). Although I agree with him, I don't really see why he keeps reading this blog... ;) My fanbase is cute and loyal, but I'm not into writing blog entries because I want to sound smart or inspired. (Far from that... I want to sound like an idiot.)

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Anyway, I'll be later uploading some photos of the early snow from this weekend.

I Almost Never Want To Get Pregnant Ever After Watching This

I watched a program today on TLC called 14 Children and Pregnant Again, a look at Jim Bob Dugger's family from Arkansas. Yes, they have 15 kids. It's a charming but also disturbing look at the logistics and social aspects behind a large family. Just to reiterate some of the FAQ's from the show:

1. No, they are not on welfare; in fact, they were always debt free from the start of their family and are financially secure.


2. There are 10 boys and 5 girls, all with J names (like Jim-Bob). The wife's name is Michelle.


3. Yes, they have a certain religious conviction. I don't really know what it is, but it's probably one of those uber-conservative ones.


4. The father ran for US senate, and also a state House Representative for two years. The mother homeschools the kids and is quite young!


5. The kids seem to get along so well that you'd think they were robots or something.

I don't dislike this family because of the massive, massive number of kids in the household. I do admire the incredible organization and resourcefulness of each person. But it's stories like this report from the UN recently that makes me both disturbed and completely turned off of having a huge family (or having even one baby).

But of course, we cannot compare the huge Dugger family to another kind of huge family, the rather more disturbing and gross-out type...

No One Wants to Know What We Think.

Besides getting up and hearing that those votes were still being counted, I spent the last hour shivering in my room. Where's the heating, dammit?

A piece of good news; the Quebec buses are no longer on strike as of today. So I can technically go outside and enjoy the autumn in old city... but that would require 4.20$ and I need that money to go sub at DDO tomorrow. :) (On the other hand, the fact that the bus drivers are getting a 15% raise is not settling well in my poor-assed commuter belly.)

In other news, my brother and sister should have arrived in HK yesterday evening. I hope they bring back lots of pictures and things because I'm tired of being left behind. :(

Stomach in Throat... or the Other Way Around

I went on a short trip to Montreal and got back to Quebec yesterday evening. I attended a food-filled Hallowe'en party at Lil V's, which was quite refreshing for me because I haven't seen anyone in months. (I wonder if living in real isolation is anything like this.) I'll be posting the pictures from the party in my album later today. :)

Naturally, I wasn't looking forward to coming back here. But I have to. The landlord is getting on my nerves, looking for my mum (who already left two weeks ago). The mail has to be collected. The plants are dying, and that's only after missing one watering. ;_; And on top of that, I'm supposed to be looking for a job, otherwise I'd be in HK with the rest of them already.

This morning I was awoken by the secretary of DDO calling to ask for my references. Good sign. Except I didn't know where they were at the moment, so I said I'd call her back. (Not to mention that I just woke up and was disoriented...) Amazingly, a few seconds later the landlord came knocking on the door again, and I answered. We spent about 10 minutes talking about the situation (omitting that my mum isn't in the country right now). After a few more words of discomfort, he left. I called the secretary afterwards and gave her my references. (Hopefully more-than-a-year-old contacts aren't going to be too outdated.)

Most likely, things look to the up-and-up. The last thing on my agenda today is to clean the house and laundry. The last item on my mind that is making me quite nervous is the obvious item of the day. Perhaps I should turn to a more trusted news source...